Wala Wiki vs. PmWiki vs. alphawiki vs. ProWiki

General Features Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Version
1.1.7
2.6.0
v.20160608
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2026-03-14 (3 months ago)
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2026-05-16 (29 days ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
marty alain
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain
GPL2+
GNU-GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
All
private users, small teams
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Operating System
Linux, *BSD
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
probably every OS
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any that supports basic CGI.
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Apache with PHP support
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
none
none
Datastorage Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
diffs
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
None
Security/Anti-Spam Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
No
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Optional
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
Development/Support Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
No
Optional
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Links Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
None
Plugin
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Optional
No
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Scripting
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
No
Usability Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
No
Optional
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Statistics Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Output Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Optional
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Optional
Optional
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Optional
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
HTML Export
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
File Attachments
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Optional
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wala Wiki PmWiki alphawiki ProWiki
Internal Link
LinkDump, [link dump]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
= headline =
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
'''bolded'''
'''bold'''
{b I am bold}
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italicized''
''italic''
{i I am italic}
''italic''
Underline Format
{+underlined+}
{u I am underline}
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
monospaced.
@@monospace@@
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
{-strikethrough-}
{del I am line-through}
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
'^superscript^'
E = mc{sup 2}
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
'_subscript_'
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
<sub>text</sub>
Images
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
{center I am centered}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
:Block-quoted text.
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
# Three
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
: term : definition
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
{hr}
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